It was the 22nd countdown of the most popular songs of the year, as chosen by the listeners of Australian radio station Triple J.

Voters nominated ten songs that were released between December 2013 and November 2014 and submitted them through the Triple J website.

[2] In total, over 2 million votes were cast, breaking the previous record set in 2012.

BuzzFeed campaigned for Taylor Swift's song "Shake It Off"[3] but the track was eventually disqualified.

[9] A smaller poll of Triple J listeners' favourite albums of the year was held in December 2014.